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The Cockney Sparrow

The Cockney Sparrow

by Dilly Court (Author)

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    Mass Market Paperback 2007

    $3.29
Synopsis

She sang with the voice of a nightingale... Gifted with a beautiful soprano voice, young Clemency Skinner is forced to work as a pickpocket in order to support her crippled brother, Jack. Their feckless mother, Edith, has fallen into the clutches of unscrupulous pimp, Todd Hardiman, whose evil presence threatens their daily existence. Befriended by Ned Hawkes and his kindly mother, Nell, Clemency struggles to escape from life in the slums of Stew Lane. She finds work with a troupe of buskers run by larger than life Augustus Throop, and is spotted by the manager of the Strand Theatre. Clemency looks set for operatic stardom, but a chance meeting with the mysterious Jared Stone brings danger and intrigue and threatens to change her life forevermore...

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More Information

Format: Mass Market Paperback
 Pages: 544
 Publisher: Arrow
Published: 20 Sep 2007
ISBN 10: 0099499649
ISBN 13: 9780099499640
Book Overview: The enthralling new saga set in turn-of-the-twentieth-century London by the author of Tilly True

Media Reviews
An enthralling and gritty saga * Frost Magazine *
Charming * CultureFly *
Author Bio
Dilly Court grew up in North East London and began her career in television, writing scripts for commercials. She is married with two grown-up children and four grandchildren, and now lives in Dorset on the beautiful Jurassic Coast with her husband and a large, yellow Labrador called Archie. She is the author of twelve novels. She also writes under the name of Lily Baxter.